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Humans will remain in the loop of robotic systems as the switch from semi-autonomous to autonomous decisions making. Situational awareness is key factor in how efficient a human is in a human-robot system. This study examines the role that visual presentation mediums have on situational awareness of remote robot operators. Traditional display monitors and virtual reality headsets are compared for their ability to provide a user with situational awareness of a remote environment. Additionally, a novel metric Continuous Situational Awareness Monitoring (CSAM) to capture a participants environmental awareness. Participants are asked to monitor either one or multiple robots as they navigate through a simulated environment. Results indicate that virtual reality as a medium is more efficient in keeping an operator situationally aware of a remote environment.
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Kanyok, N., Shaker, A., Kim, JH. (2022). A Novel Metric of Continuous Situational Awareness Monitoring (CSAM) for Multi-telepresence Coordination System. In: Kim, JH., Singh, M., Khan, J., Tiwary, U.S., Sur, M., Singh, D. (eds) Intelligent Human Computer Interaction. IHCI 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13184. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98404-5_48
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